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Summary: love it for what it is!
Review: this is a masterpiece!as far as martial art action films go these are the best there is as far as recent martial arts films . yes they are over the top,and at times a little silly.but if you ask me thats what makes them soo friggin' cool!If you are thinking about buying this collection you probably already know what your getting......all the action you can handle!
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Summary: I am sick of this!!
Review: This movie is good. The fights and unrealistic and stylish, and the story is good. But there is no excuse for what happened to this movie. We live in America. We are one of the most diverse nations in the world. The localizers of this movie seem to think that Americans don't know anything about, and don't care about, Chinese language and culture. As a result all the original language and music has been cut, and there is only a spoken English version. This is inexcusable, especially for a DVD release. I have no problem with a dub, but on a DVD you MUST include both. It is a good movie, but on principle I will not give it a passing grade on this element alone. I bought a DVD player so I would not have any problems getting the subtitled version of a movie, and then they pull this crap! Please do not support dub only releases. Please go to ... the auctions amazon and find a DVD of Tai Chi Master. This is the Chinese version of this film. It will have English subtitles. The image quality is worse, but to have the true language and the real voice of Jet Li, it is worth it.
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Summary: Great action killed by terrible plot
Review: Let me start by saying that this film has some of the best fight scenes of the many DVDs that are out there. And better yet, there are many of them. The martial arts stars in the movie (Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chin Siu-hou) use a variety of styles and moves through out the movie which are amazing to watch. All of these stars are clearly skilled athletes.Unfortunately, the almost non existent plot and complete lack of effective character development make the scenes in between fights tedious. In addition this detracts from the fight sequences. Since you never get a chance to empathize and connect with the characters, the action is technical and unemotional. The picture quality is ok but the sound quality is terrible. Most of the sound appears to have been lost in the dubbing. It would have been great if they had used Michelle Yeoh's and Jet Li's actually voices for the dub over. But instead, the translation is flat and lifeless. The fight scenes rate a 5 and the rest of movie rates a one.
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Summary: Why do they do this?
Review: On first impression this appear to be a great collection. It contains 4 classic movies by Jet Li. The picture transfer are good and sometimes above average. However, the original soundtracks are completely removed and changed. It would be nice if they have just voice over the Cantonese to English but retained the great and wonderful original music and soundtracks. Take Defender. The original movie was released as Bodyguard from Beijing. It stars a talented pop singer in Hong Kong, Christy Chung and she contributed to the soundtracks by recording a few wonderful songs herself that enhanced the story line and provided appropriated musical theme in the background. In this collection all you will hear is dub over American voice actors and some basic 'special effects' like guns and things breaking up. The whole production is now very cheesy and cheap. To make matter worse all 4 movies are similarly butchered.
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Summary: Excellent movie
Review: Another one of Jet Li's great films.
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Summary: Good movie, DVD featuers poor
Review: I own both the VHS and DVD versions of "The Tai Chi Master". I've seen many Jet Li films and I enjoyed this one. I liked the action scenes but some die-hard martial art fans may not like it all that much if they don't like 'wire work'. You can read the other reviews if you're interested in the storyline. The DVD version has much better picture quality than the VHS version and it is in widescreen (the VHS version has the sides chopped sometimes chopping parts of the subtitles!). The spoken language on the DVD is in English (dubbed), compared with Chinese (Cantonese) with English subtitles on the VHS version. Sadly some of the translation is lost in the English DVD version -- it looks like they made an effort to match the words with the mouths moving, so the translation has been adjusted to fit. This was definately an attempt to help this movie appeal to a widestream English audience rather than just die-hard Hong Kong movie fans. Dissapointingly the DVD version offers no subtitles or other audio options. I would have liked to see at least the Cantonese soundtrack as well as the English, with English (and other language) subtitles as an option. That way die-hard fans (like me) can watch it in Cantonese and read the subtitles, but the 'main stream' viewers can see it in English. All-in-all I still enjoyed the DVD version (due to the better picture quality) It makes a nice addition to my Jet Li collection.
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Summary: dubbing vs action!!
Review: There is quite a broad range of stories in this 4 movie collection box. TWIN WARRIORS shows Jet Li's comic side...one that I wasn't aware that he had as he was always very serious in the movies I had seen him in...esp. Lethal Weapon 4 - this was my first introduction to this man of great talent. Basically, TWIN WARRIORS is about 2 boys who grow up together in the Shaolin temple but when they are both kicked out after starting a fight with the whole school they find themselves moving in different directions. One joins the military and the other (Li) helps the rebel cause. THE DEFENDER sees Jet Li as a highly trained bodyguard, sent from Beijing, to protect a wealthy businessman's girlfriend who has witnessed a murder. Unfortunately, whilst protecting the girl he inadvertently kills the brother of one of the assasins and finds himself a target as well as the girl he's trying to protect. To further complicate matters, he and the girl start to develop feelings for each other. Quite a few similarities with THE BODYGUARD movie starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. THE ENFORCER is a sentimental favorite as Li plays a father to a kid who's a martial arts expert himself. Little does his family know that he's an undercover cop trying to bust a big criminal in Hong Kong. Ultimately, Li joins forces with a lady HK Inspector, who initially tries to arrest Li for his involvment with the crime boss, and his son in bringing down the bad guys. The fight scene with Li and his son reminds me of the scene in ROMEO MUST DIE when Li teams up with Aaliyah's character to beat up a girl as he state's he can't hit one himself. FIST OF LEGEND is a remake of Bruce Lee's version. Here, Chen (Li) goes back to Shanghai to avenge the murder of his beloved master. There are several fight scenes here that are quite phenominal but the relationship btwn Chen and his love interest is not very believable. But that's ok because I'm sure you all want to watch the spectacular fight scenes anyway. All-in-all this is a great set of movies. However, there is ONE FATAL FLAW...all these movies are dubbed and for this reason a lot of the characters sound really "hammy"! This is a real disappointment for me as I think it detracts quite a lot from the story, leaving many of the characters sounding just plain stupid! If the original soundtrack with dialogue was included then at least you could see the movies in their original format and you would at least have a choice of languages and subtitles. Now I would just like to find a copy of these movies in their original format, with subtitles. Especially THE DEFENDER (also called THE BODYGUARD FROM BEIJING) & THE ENFORCER. But if you are not fluent in Cantonese/Mandarin and don't like reading subtitles, then this is the version for you. This collection set would also be a great introduction to the world of Jet Li.
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Summary: Jet Li - is one of the best action star.
Review: I first saw Jet Li in 1980. He was 17 years old then. His first movie Shaolin Temple amazed me. I have never seen anyone handle a bamboo stick like he does. When I saw Defender, Jet Li's son in the movie reminded me of how good this kid was and how he reminds me of the young Jet Li. Jet Li's skill is superb and although he lack the comedic appeal of Jackie Chan, he makes up for his unbelievable martial arts move. I like the Fist of Legend as well. Like the remake of Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, this is about a young Chinese who has to battle with the Japanese back when Japan took over China. The best scene is when Jet Li has to fight his girlfriend's uncle. One of the best fight scene I can recall. The Defender has it's moment. Jet Li plays a Bodyguard from Beijing. There is more guns than fight scene. Not the Jet Li movie I am used to. Twin Dragon is about 2 boys who grew up in the Shaolin Temple, one ending up fighting with the rebellion group (Li), the other becoming a bad Lieutenant of the Army. The best fight scene would be with Michelle Yeoh & her opponent in the restaurant. It is more Matrix like, but seeing 2 women fight with a dixterity & agility is unbelievable. The last scene where Li learn Tai Chi was great. I have to explain to my sons what Tai chi is and convince them there is really such an Art Form. I wish Li could have gone deeper with Art
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Summary: RIP OFF ALERT: THESE ARE DUBBED RERELEASES UNDER NEW NAMES
Review: Do NOT order this if you are a serious Jet Li fan. The films are simply repackaged classics, and to add insult to injury; they are all DUBBED. Take a stand against this type of opportunistic crap; it belittles a great genre and great artists. Do not order this collection. I dont hold anything against Amazon.com for selling it, I only hope they will make it clear to whomever they purchase it from that this doesnt fly and their customers are not having it. -Jason Storm
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Summary: fist of legend/chinese connection
Review: All these titles are good movies. But I have to agree with another reviewer that the other three are "high wire" trapeze-like, Fist of Legend is a little more "realistic" with the emphasis less on stunts and more on actual fighting. Consequently it is a remake of Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection, and a good one at that. The only similarities is the story (slight deviations aside). But I won't be the one to make a comparison. They both have great fight sequences, and stand as their own. I have to say though that Fist of Legend is a little more exciting because of the fact that they actually got other martial artists that are at a high caliber to do scenes with Jet Li. When making Chinese Connection Bruce was limited to many scenes with multiple attackers, I surmise because they couldn't find anyone that was as good or looked as good as Bruce.
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